Every so often, the Seattle Municipal Archives publishes a historic photo in the Ballard Flickr pool, which appears here on My Ballard in the left column. This photo of two girls on the Ballard Bridge in 1924 caught our eye: You can see more archive photos from Seattle right here.
As pattr wrote in the forum, a boat from the “Deadliest Catch” is in drydock. Sig, Norman, and Edgar Hansen’s 125-foot boat, F/V Northwestern, can be seen up close and personal at the end of 24th Ave. NW.
When the deep-bore tunnel option was selected to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct, the key issue for many residents in Northwest Seattle is access to and from our neighborhoods. At an open house last month, WSDOT provided this map outlining alternate routes. On Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Ballard High …
One Ballard “bracketeer” is so into the NCAA basketball tournament that he wants to compare his bracket with yours. Luke emailed us to say: “I created a group on ESPN for Ballard sports fans. It’s free, public, etc. Anyone who wants to fill out a March Madness bracket can do it and see how they …
This Friday, ABC Nightline crews will videotape an unusual debate at Ballard’s Mars Hill Church. The topic: Does Satan really exist? Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll and author Deepak Chopra will be among the debaters to tackle the topic with Nightline correspondent Dan Harris. Nightline says the idea from the debate came while they were …
Update 9:45 a.m. Shortly after 5 a.m., police from all over North Seattle raced to Ballard after hearing an “officer needs help” call along Leary near the Olympic Athletic Club. Police were investigating a report of a suspicious man inside a parking garage. When the officers arrived, they discovered one man wearing a ski mask, …
Someone threw a big rock through a window at the liquor store on Market St. sometime late last night or early this morning. When we arrived just before 7 a.m., McIntosh Glass was measuring for a new window. He says he got the call around 3:45 a.m. The liquor store manager didn’t have his emergency …
They stay at the Hostel Seattle, an inconspicuous four-story building across from Ray’s Boathouse. “The first clue for me was the appearance of young people in backpacks walking slowly beneath the weight of their belongings toward Shilshole,” writes Peggy Sturdivant on her blog, At Large in Ballard. “The hostel is well-traveled and still found more …
Last month a large group of neighbors packed Calvary Lutheran Church after hearing that the church was planning to house 20 homeless men. After the emotional meeting, five neighbors gathered up the complaints, questions and concerns and presented them at a smaller, private meeting with three from the church and seven from SHARE/WHEEL, the group …
Today’s the day when everyone is Irish, no matter what your heritage. Here are a few places in Ballard to celebrate: “St. Patrick’s Day Party” at The Sunset Tavern, with The Thoughts, Pickwick, Molly Rose. Party starts at 9 p.m. and costs $6 (206-784-4880). “St. Patrick’s Day Ceili” at Tractor Tavern, with Tom Creegan, Dale …
The Supercuts on Market St. near 22nd Ave. is packing up and moving, but not very far. They’ll open in a few days inside the same Ballard Square building, on the second floor. You may remember, the Tux Shop, right next door to Supercuts, moved out of the neighborhood several weeks ago. According to a …
Source Salon on Leary Ave. is one of Ballard’s newest businesses, but it’s not receiving a very warm welcome to the neighborhood. Burglars have hit the shop three times in the last month and a half alone. The latest break-in happened this weekend, one week after the salon’s last burglary. The crooks broke another window …